Integrating ecological science with urban planning -- a demonstration
project for Sacramento's American River Parkway at ESA's 99th annual
meeting, August 10-15.
Come join us and plan to participate in the week-long interactive
demonstration of how ecologists working with urban planners, flood
system managers and landscape architects can move cities toward
sustainability goals.The beautiful American River flowing through
Sacramento connects the city with natural ecosystems, supports important
fish and wildlife habitat and migration corridors, and provides vital
pollinator habitat.Using landscape design as scientific experiments, ESA
members will install field sites along the river and miniature displays
at the Convention Center to engage ESA in a week-long series of
activities and thought-provoking discussions about putting ecology to
work providing valuable services.Schedule to follow.
We gratefully acknowledge support from the American River Parkway
Foundation, Sacramento County Regional Parks, the Landscape Architecture
Foundation, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, Yale University,
and AECOM.
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Jill S. Baron, Co-Director [email protected]
John Wesley Powell Center for Earth System Analysis and Synthesis
US Geological Survey [email protected]
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory ph 970-491-1968
Colorado State University fx 970-491-1965
Fort Collins CO 80523-1499 cell 970-217-8949
http://powellcenter.usgs.gov
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You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all
flat -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
